The WSL Hired the Oprah Winfrey Network President to Help Make Surfing the Next NFL

As of January 2019, he’ll be the President of Content, Media, and WSL Studios. “Logan’s role at the WSL will include the delivery of all live and non-live content and media, in addition to global distribution across all the WSL’s owned and operated channels, as well as its partners,” the press release reads. “Logan will also oversee the creation of WSL Studios, which will deliver a broad range of high quality scripted and unscripted surf and lifestyle content.

But here’s something to remember: no matter how successful pro surfing gets, no matter how many jerseys the WSL sells, no matter how much you hate feeling as though you’re watching the soul of surfing getting sucked down a wave pool’s drain, there will always be surfing—real surfing.

That fact is accepted in every other pro sport, but for some reason, surfers can’t seem to accept a non-surfer at the helm of a surfing company. So who is Erik Logan?